Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-28
THEY BEAT THE HARrFoRDs.


 Gruber Batrsd Hard-The New Havens
 Earned the Victory-The Team Plays
 Good Game-A Decided Improve
 ment i'm Base Running.
 About three hundred people assembled at | Hamilton Park yesterday afternoon, every l one certain that the New Ravens were to be | defeated. But in that they were agreeably | disappointed, for New Haven won, 12 to 10. |
 By having good pitcher in the box, one 1 who had his wits about him and did not throw the ball everywhere so the catcher could not get it, and by the team pla. ing good ball their victory was won. The home team showed a marked improvement in their playing. They batted Gruber hard, ran bases well, and played sharp fielding game. Last week the home team made Lovett feel \ rather sick, and yesterday they made Gruber \ feel likewise. They batted him for total | of nineteen bases. Leary held the Hartfords ! down to nine safe hits, with @ total of ten, ! while Gruber was hit safely eleven times with total of sixteen.
 The home team was, of course, first to the ' bat. Mellon and Troy made base hits, but | they were left on the bases. Brady was first \ to the bat for Hartford. He batted the ball to Troy, but it bounded away over Troy's head just as he thought he had it in his ' Q6HQS. br2Oy SCol0 to second ana 6cOreO on | two put outs at first base.
 Brill in the second inning led off with ! base hit. He stole second, but was left on ! third by the next three men going out. Far \ rell also led off with base hit, stole second, went to third on Hackett's put out and scored | on Leahy's base hit.
 The score now stood to in favor Of the \ Hartfords.
 ! But in the next inning Burns, Mellon and | Troy all got to first on errors before anybody . L.,n oSr11r% %Iavw oil scored. The Hartfords went out in one, two, three order. Score to in favor of the home team.
 In the fourth inning, on an error by Sulli- van, base hit on balls by Burns and two singles by Mellon and Troy, two runs were
 scored. In the same inning for Hartford, | on error by Brill, a wild pitch and Hack \ ett's base hit on balls, two runs were added \ to Hartford's total. This made the score 5 ! to and the spectators began to foresee closely contested game.
 New Haven stock went up pretty high in ! the fifth inning, when Crowley, who was ! first to the bat, made long hit into left field out on the race track Crowley is not I a fast runner, but he got third base on 1t. If he had been quicker he could have got home \ Brill flied out to Hackett. Leary then batted ! the ball ever the center fieldsr's head for two ! bases. The cl owd cheered and cheered. He ! went to third on Murphy's put out at first | and scored on wild pitch. The Hartfords were again blanked in this inning, although I Hackett led off with two base hit the next three men flying out.
 In the sixth inning the crowd yelled and \ yelled and New Haven stock went away up \ when Burns, the same as Crowley had done ! in the inning previous, made three-base hit \ when nobody was out, he being the hrst bat ter Mellon got to first on Sullivan's tumble \ and stole second Burns scored and Mellon ! went to third on Troy's being thrown out at first. Helfer's base hit brought Mellon home ' Crowley went out on foul tip and double play was made by Helfer's being thrown out at first, he having started for second. The \ Hartfords were again blanked in this inning ! by sharp fielding by the home team. The ! score stood 9 to in favor of the home team. The New Ravens were blanked in the sev \ enth inning. GrubeRwas the first to the bat \ for the Hartfords. He hit fly to left field, \ and Burns accomplished another of the long \ running catches which are so characteristic \ of him. Brady was thrown out at first by Lau- \ tenbach. With two men out Beecher made | safe hit, aad on Divens getting his base on \ balls he moved to second. Sullivan made \ base hit which sent Beecher home and Divens to third. Johnson hit a hot one to Lauten-
 bach, and while he stopped it with one | hand and tried to recover himself in time to
 throw Sullivan out at second, Divens scored
 and Johnson got his base. Farrell then hit
 grounder to Heller, which he failed to hang on to and Sullivan scored. Hackett made @ | safe hit, but it availed nothing, as Leahy ! flied out to Burns. All the players of the
 Hartfords had batted around. The game ! was now getting very exciting, for the score ' stood to in favor of the home team.
 Both teams were blanked in the eighth in
 ming. It was in tkis inning that the most | brilliant play of the game was made. Gruber
 was first to the bat. He hit the ball between
 center and left fields. Mellon ran for it and
 it seemed as though he could never get it, \ when by remarkable stretch sideways he
 caught it. How the grand stand did resound | with cheers. Brady was thrown out at first,
 and Mellon retired the side by catching 8
 difficult running fly by Beecher. Mellon had
 distinguished himself finely in this one in ! ming.
 The score stood to in favor of the home
 team when Troy stepped to the bat for the
 last time. He got base hit on balls, and
 stole second. On Helfers put out he went
 to third and scored on passed ball
 by Leahy. Crowley got his base on ' balls and the spectators were almost electri-
 fled when he started to steal second. And
 when he slid under and was not put out the I spectators cheered. He scored on Brill's
 safe hit. Brill also scored on an attempted
 put out, a wild pitch and base hit by Mur phy.
 Three more runs to their credit and it was ! a pretty certain thing that the home team ! would win. Leary, however, gave two men
 in this inning their bases on balls and both
 moved up base on Farrell's put out at first | and scored on sate hlt Dy dacKett It De-
 gan to look rather dubious for the home
 team after all when Leahy batted the ball to Brill, who put Hackett out at second. The
 game was over and everybody was pleased at
 the result.
 The result was complete surprise to Cru
 Der, for he pitched his best. To think the New Ravens should be defeated at Water
 bury % to and yet yesterday administer 8
 defeat to the Hartfords who had out their strongest team. This is only the second
 game this season that Gruber has lost.
 Lautenbach played short stop and played
 the position superbly. His accurate throw
 ing to first base was one of the features. He
 did well at the bat, but it happened that
 Altogether it was the finest game played l by the home team this season on it's own grounds, with the exception of the first 1 Bridgeport game. It was remarkable for the ! heavy sluopinp of the home team.